Recipe: Condensed Milk Chocolate Chip Cookies

I had a random can of sweetened condensed milk that I didn't know how to use. I'm pretty sure I've mainly ever used it in pumpkin pie, and that's only at Thanksgiving time! I found this recipe on the blog A Pretty Life in the Suburbs, and it looked pretty easy, so I thought I'd try it. 

It IS very easy! I pretty much melted ALL the butter (since I started with it frozen; and there's A LOT of butter), and you easily mix everything together. It takes a little bit of time to roll the balls for the cookies, but if you had one of those little scoops, that would make it even faster! And they only bake for 10 minutes, so you've got really soft, yummy chocolate chip cookies in just a short amount of time!

Ingredients

• 3/4 cup plus 2 tbsp butter
• 2 tbsp sugar
• 1/2 cup sweetened condensed milk
• 1.5 cups flour
• 1 tsp baking powder
• dash of salt
• 1/2 cup chocolate chips

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350°F.
2. Using a mixer, cream together the butter and sugar.
3. Mix in the sweetened condensed milk.
4. In a separate bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, and salt.
5. Add the dry ingredients to the butter mixture and combine.
6. Stir in the chocolate chips.
7. Roll the batter into 1-inch balls.
8. Place on parchment paper-lined cookie sheets about 1.5 inches apart and flatten the dough balls slightly.
9. Bake for 10 minutes. The edges should only be slightly golden.

I do think this recipe could be improved as far as lay-out goes. Putting parchment on the baking sheets should be one of the first steps so that the pans are ready to go once the dough has been made. The recipe also doesn't say how long to leave the cookies on the sheet once they're done, or if they should be transferred to a cooling rack at any point. I left them on the sheets for 5-10 minutes, and then transferred them to a cooling rack. I figure it couldn't hurt anything!

I would definitely make these cookies again. They are so easy, and I love how soft they are. And they are tiny, so the recipe makes a lot! I actually doubled the recipe, and some of the cookies were a little too big (I did notice they start to crack on the top if they're bigger), and I had plenty of cookies to share with colleagues and friends. A fan favorite for sure!